CISO 360 Roundtable: DORA – Prepared to Fail?
Event Details:
📍 Location: Hotel Gotham | Manchester
Welcome Reception – Private Members Club
Dinner – The Strong Room
🗓️ Date: Thursday 27 February 2025
⏰ Time: 17:30-21:30
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Join us for an intimate gathering at Hotel Gotham in the wonderful city of Manchester to connect with CISO peers as we dive deep into tactics and strategies to meet the expectations of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
- Discuss the key challenges facing CISO/CSOs in establishing resilient incident response practices under DORA which covers not only the EU but supply chains and multinational organisations operating in other regions with overlapping or conflicting requirements.
- Share pain points and solutions arising from the need to adopt a holistic approach to incident response, leveraging automation, cross-functional collaboration, and strong third-party oversight to achieve regulatory compliance and operational resilience.
Questions for discussion:
- How prepared are you for DORA compliance?
- How do you ensure alignment between business continuity plans (BCPs) and DORA requirements?
- How do you evaluate the resilience of third-party providers and partners in line with DORA?
- How do you balance DORA compliance with operational agility?
- What immediate changes will you make to align with the Act?
Hosted by Pulse Conferences and kindly sponsored by QinetiQ, this exclusive dinner discussion will be hosted under the Chatham House Rule, ensuring candid and insightful exchanges. Please R.S.V.P. below to confirm your complimentary place in this wonderful private dining setting.
We very much look forward to welcoming CISOs and senior security and resilience practitioners who are currently working in-house within medium to large enterprises.
Yours sincerely,
Team Pulse
Pulse Conferences
*Please note that the Roundtable places are open only to CISOs, Chief Security and Intelligence Officers and senior practitioners who are currently doing the job of securing mid to large size organisation where they currently work.
Hosted by
Kindly Sponsored by
QinetiQ is an integrated global security and defence company. QinetiQ has been established as a Cyber Security service provider and thought leader for longer than almost any other company in the world, continually providing assurance and resilience for our customers in a collaborative way. We address today’s rapidly changing cyber security environment, with decades of experience protecting the most highly targeted organisations and securing the most critical operations. With our defence-grade solutions, rigorous threat checks and our understanding of defending against the most persistent threats, we can help you build digital resilience so you can face the future with greater certainty.
Discussion will be co-steered by a fellow CISO alongside:
James Mason, Enterprise Security, QinetiQ
James Mason has been working in Information Security for over a decade, specialising in pen testing and advanced attack simulation, working with the world’s first formally dedicated pen test team (MoD) and one of the world’s first red teams (formed circa 2000), who have proudly never unwillingly shown a “Get out of jail free card” in 24 years. Inspired by some of the best hackers out there, James quickly progressed to a member of QinetiQ’s red team. For over a decade, James has successfully infiltrated some of the largest banks, insurance, legal, CNI & other sensitive environments and is proud of his “never been caught record” too. James is extremely passionate about red teaming and the positive values a single exercise can bring to an organisation, its staff and their customers.
Approximate Timings
17:30-18:30 Guests arrive and welcome drinks
18:30-21:00 Discussion while dinner is served
21:00-21:30 Conclusions, goodbyes and guests depart
Practicalities
- Attendee: CISOs, Deputy CISOs and senior cybersecurity practitioners
- No vendors/suppliers are permitted unless the individual is in a senior cybersecurity role / CISO. No sales, marketing, or media are permitted
- There is a limit of two individuals per organisation.
- Organisation size of at least 500 employees (smaller than 500 may be considered).
- Conducted under The Chatham House Rule.
- Co-chaired by a leading Chief Information Security Officer and a Strategist
- Pulse Conferences is your Master of Ceremonies.
- There is no cost to attend. Places around the table are limited.
Terms & Conditions
- By attending this roundtable you agree that Pulse Conferences may capture photos, including of attendees, at the event, which may be used in marketing materials, on our website, and social media platforms. If you do not wish to be included in these photos please contact teampulse@pulseconferences.com
- By attending this roundtable you agree that Pulse Conferences shall not be liable to you for any loss, delay, damage, injury or other liability incurred, resulting from or arising in connection with the event, to the extent permissible by law.
- Pulse Conferences reserve the right to make changes to the event schedule, venue, or other details as necessary. In the unlikely event of rescheduling you will be invited to attend the new date.
- By registering for this event, you are deemed to have read, understood, and accepted these terms and conditions in full.
Hotel Gotham | Manchester
Welcome Reception 17:30-18:30 – Private Members Club Outdoor Terrace
Dinner 18:30-21:30 – GILT The Strong Room | Hotel Gotham | Manchester
Hotel Gotham is an upmarket art deco-style venue offering chic rooms with vintage decor and private dining.
Gilt at the Hotel Gotham is an exclusive, underground function space found deep inside the former vaults of 100 King Street. Hidden behind the old bank vault doors, two floors beneath Manchester‘s iconic Hotel Gotham, the Strong Room is an extraordinary private dining room that is atmospherically reminiscent of the famous Parisian 1920s and 30s cabaret clubs and the secret bars of prohibition. An intimate venue ideal for private CISO 360 roundtable discussions. The Head Chef, Mr Rob Taylor and his brigade are serving modern international menus, with emphasis on fresh local produce and creativity.
Gotham is located at 100 King Street in the central conservation area and is housed in one of the city’s grandest, listed buildings – a former premises of Midland Bank. Standing at the head of King Street, proudly atop the hill amidst architectural nods to the Grecian and Baroque, Hotel Gotham draws inspiration from these surroundings and rises up like an imposing castle of stone and steel. Designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1928 in the Art Deco style of the time, is it any wonder it was referred to as ‘The King’? In terms of architecture, the neoclassical design is unusual for Manchester. But we quite like that. We celebrate difference at Gotham. Hotel Gotham naturally draws attention to itself. It hit the national news in 2010 when it was alleged that safe deposit boxes containing jewellery and gold, not to mention master tapes from Joy Division and New Order recording sessions, were found on the site. Gotham is unpredictable and will make a statement. It will be a unique experience, a spectacular destination, with a taste for the theatrical.
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